Six Directors Elected at Estherville Chamber Meeting
Six directors were elected at the Estherville Chamber of Commerce annual meeting for two year terms 1948 and 1946. New appointees include Willis Sandin Guy Tibbetts Herman Jensen James B Mensies G H Raife and George W Thompson. The board will elect officers next week with retiring president W C Currell among those to be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Chamber of Commerce
Willis Sandin
Guy Tibbetts
Herman Jensen
James B. Mensies
G. H. Raife
George W. Thompson
F. T. Shadle
R. J. McKay
Tis Board of Directors
W. C. Currell
Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Cadieux
L. EB. Bostic
Montgomery Ward
Leonard Zetzman
Fareway
O. W. Bramer
Iowa Guarantee, Inc
C. F P
Forty Flying Fingers
Fev
J. J. Keane
Plano
Robert N. Lee
Manon City
Man Sentenced For Forgery In Storm Lake Case
Claud a Warrington 99 formerly of Estherville now in Nebraska was given 10 years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to check forgery. The forgeries centered in Storm Lake with $15 checks marked for labor. Warrington fled from officers but was captured after a night of pursuit. He had $190.20 on arrest, including $120.20 in cash and books. Warrington previously served time for armed robbery and had a history of escapes. He is married with an infant daughter and worked as a railroad fireman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clauda Warrington
Estherville
al- Nance
Neb
Storm Lake
Warrington
Fort Madison
Sharift
R. Gaffin
Hl Grohe
Gaffin
Adi
Grohe
A. I. Cattermole
Storm
Warrington Wans
Bradforad
Sharitt End
Warrington Flad
Aher
Atata
Waspest
Officera
Wrrington
Anamosa
Pvt Duane Newman Killed in Action in Belgium
Pvt Duane Newman a 1944 Estherville junior college graduate was killed in action January 22 while serving in Belgium. He joined the service July 1944 and spent a Thanksgiving furlough at home in Heatherville. Last employed at Cut Rate grocery in Estherville. He acted in dramatics at the junior college, with a leading role in the last year play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Newman
Estherville Junior College
Belgium
Newman
Ray Newman
Milford
Heatherville
Thanksgiving Dime
Estherville
Four Plays by Students Draw Large Roosevelt Audiences
A large audience at the junior college Roosevelt Auditorium enjoyed four one act plays directed by Donald White. Highlights included But Now There’s Buford about teenage love, Green Eyes in the Dark a divorce tale with a dog twist, Feet First a hillbilly homecoming comedy, and Muley a hillbilly comedy about a man chase. Casts featured Marian Grimm, Mary Ann Frettem, Shir ley Mathieson, Maurita Thorndyke, Jim Tanikaw, Bonnie Albright, Barbara Stavros, Phyllis Hammer and others with music by Phyllis Hammer and Ruth Willey choral pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Auditorium
Donald White
Buford
Clayton McCarty
Eunice Refzell
Marian Grimm
Mary Ann Frettem
Shirley Mathieson
Maurita Thorndyke
Bob Horton
Joe Howard
Gerald Smith
Berniece Walden
Billy
Jim, Tanikaw
Bonnie Al‘bright
Daler
Dante Igomak
Helen
White
Betty Albright
Barbara Stavros
Dorothy Holroyd
Arbara Pannkuk
Bob Haneck
George Allen
Farm Leased for First Time in Four Generations
A long‑running family farm near Grover Center township has been leased for the first time in four generations. Lelanda Aanonson takes over from Sylvester Berge, who has lived there since 1924. The 150‑acre property was homesteaded after the Spirit Lake massacre and originally operated by A. Olaon, who arrived from Wisconsin in a covered wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Lelanda Aanonson
Sylvester Berge
Center Township
Grover
A. Olaon
Wisconsin
Mandrup Edwinson
Lewis Berge
Navy's Athletic Program Keeps Pilots in Top Shape
Colonel Bernie Bierman spoke to 260 Elks at the annual football banquet about the Navy's wartime athletic plan. He noted pilots now train in 10 sports to build fitness and teamwork, crediting the program with producing physically prepared airmen and suggesting postwar maintenance of high standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
United States
Avith
Bernie Bierman
Elks
Bierman
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Marine Corps
Iowa
Acoal
Towa City
Blerman
Leo Sanders
Robert Cox
Reels
Verdne Sawyer
Demaney
Hammer
John Webb
Spirit Lake Indians
The
Anniversary Observed as Boy Scouts Mark 35 Years
Estherville Kiwanis club observed the 35th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America with Frank Larsen, scoutmaster, detailing the movement from England to Congress approval as a national body. He described scout ranks from tenderfoot to eagle and noted merit badges driving rank, plus local scrap paper drives boosting the treasury from three dollars to two hundred in three years. Nell Case, son of C B Case now serving in Germany, attended and shared experiences of his father abroad. Capt Edwin Burt, visiting Estherville, also attended with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Estherville Kiwanis Club
Frank Larsen
Larsen
England
Congress
Nell Case
C. B. Case
Germany
Capt
Edwin Burt
Estherville
Roy Burt
Car and gas truck collision near Hatherville
An accident occurred Monday morning four miles east of Hatherville at the intersection of natural highway and highway No 9. Leonard Petersen drove the car, and W. J. Hips pie drove the gas truck. both are residents of Estherville. The front of the Petersen car was damaged as it traveled south on a rural highway while the gas truck traveled east on highway No 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Petersen
W. J. Hipspie
Estherville
Hatherville
Peterson
Waa
Hippie
Estherville soldiers named in war casualty notes
Estherville residents receive multiple war updates including Pvt. Adolph Pederson awarded the Purple Heart posthumously for action in Europe and Pvt. Harold Rose granted the same honor after dying in the Palau campaign. Pvt. Kenneth Kurtz is missing in action on the Western front, while Janet Shaw becomes a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. Other local service members report training, transfers, furloughs, or hospital stays as World War II continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Rose
8Th Ave. N
Pfc
Harold ©. Rose
Rose
Palau Island
Kenneth D. Kurtz
Estherville
C. R. Kurtz
Secretary of War
France
Alin
Kurtz
Janet Rae Bryan Shaw
Army Nurse Corps
Camp Carson
Cola
Shaw
W ‘Eritien
Abortangent Nurgen
Heineys To Hang For Roebel Slaying
District Judge Fred M Hudson sentenced Philip H Melny 72 and his son William Henry Heiney 46 to hang for the confessed murder of Robert W Roebel 63 a West Okobaji lake resort operator. The hanging date was set for March 20 1946 and the pair were moved from Spirit Lake to Fort Madison penitentiary in separate automobiles. William spoke no comment father whispered sorry as Raehel was beaten and Mrs Raehel badly injured in the Dec 16 robbery murder at their home. Both pleaded guilty to first degree murder after a hearing two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Distriot
Fred M. Hudson Fricay
Philip H. Tmelney
William Henry Heiney
Robert W. Roebel
West Okoahaji Lake
Spirit Lake
Fort Masssonatnte
Waa
Heineys
Quincy
Phillip Heiney
Estherville
Hudson
Ste
William
William Heiney
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Philip Tielney
Fort Madison
J. L. McQuirck
Dickinson County
Fred Erickson
Clay County
Homer Sharar 43 Dies at Parents Home
Homer Sharar aged 43 died at 6:30 a m Saturday at his parents home Mr and Mrs Fred Sharar He had been ill for more than a year and had returned to his parents for a short visit He had earlier worked for Machieville Packing company Survived by parents widow a daughter and three sons at home Merle Fred Norman two brothers Floyd Glenn Leo and two sisters Mia Wiley Van Eman and Mrs Herman Reinhardt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Sharar
Satur
Fred Sharar
Sharear
Maetherville Packing Company
Ifeia
Merle
Fred
Norman
Wimeer
Floyd
Glenn
Leo
Mia
Wiley van Eman
Herman Reinhardt
DEK Officers And Directors Are Re-Elected
The DEK Rural Electric Cooperative re elected all 14 officers and directors at the annual meeting in the Grand theater. Officers include L Thorenon president Max Soeth vice president Joe Oakes secretary and John Frank treasurer. Directors span Dickinson Emmet Kossuth and other counties with names such as Cecil Sherk Gaylord Olson Terri Edwin Strube R B Taylor John Frank and Ted Wallentine among others. The day featured registration a welcome a program of committee reports dinner at local churches and a fall service plan update by Tau county REA’s superintendent followed by a film and W Earl Hall speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.ew.k. Rural Electric Cooperative
Grand Theater
L. Thorenon
Max Soeth
Joe Oakes
John Frank
Dickinson
Cecil Sherk
Lake Park
Gaylord Olson
Terri
Edwin F. Strube
Spirit Lake
R. B. Taylor
Milford
Emmet County
Terrill
Eatherville
Graettinger
M.H. Petersen
Ringsted
Kossuth
O. L. Thoreson
Swea City
Art EB
Anderson
L. J. Hanson
Ted Wallentine
Lakota
Estherville Lutheran Church
Church of Chinst
Tau County
REA
W. Earl Hall
Mason City
Lobel Gazette
Emmet County Seeks 392000 Bushels of Corn for War Use
Emmet county plans to purchase 392000 bushels of yellow corn for war use this year. Nels G. Christiansen AAA chairman announces conditions including moisture limits, grading, and an 8 cent premium over the No 2 ceiling, with samples taken by a sealers. Producers should contact their sealer. no drying charges or interest on the 89 cents advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
Nels G. Christiansen
AAA Ohalrman
CPA
Apolla
Nominations Filed For Estherville School Board Seats
Nomination papers are filed in the secretary of the board of education for two candidates to the Estherville Independent school district board. Franela Shadle and Selby Broma named. Incumbent B. B. Kint not seeking re election after nine years as board president. Broms served one three year term. Shadle has two children in local schools. Filing deadlines require nominations 10 days before election. Election day details include posting of notices 10 days prior and polling hours noon to 7 pm in districts with unified voting precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Estherville Independent School District
Franela Shadle
Selby Broma
B. B. Kint
Ekint
Broms
Jack
Bob
Estherville
Shadta
George
Stephen
Diatricta
Father of E. M. Wogen Dies at Humboldt Home
L. N. Wogen of Humboldt aged 71, father of E. M. Wogen of Rather ville, died at 9 a m Friday from heart trouble after a long illness. Surviving are his wife and 11 children plus several grandchildren. Two sons serving overseas are Capt. Lawrence Wogen, chaplain in France, and Capt. Glenn Wogen, a pilot in the South Pacific area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. N. Wogen
Humboldt
E. M. Wogen
Ratherville
Lawrence Wogen
France
Glenn Wogen
Faocifla
War Front Report Highlights From Editor Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette editor W Earl Hall spoke in Taberville to Rural Electrification members and to the Chamber of Commerce. He shared experiences from England and France, discussed robot bombs and the potential for war outcomes, and urged a realistic postwar world order with a teethful league of nations enforcing peace. He advocated delegation of some sovereignty to a world organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette
Taberville
D.E.K. Rural Electrification Association
Chamber of Commerce
England
France
Hitler
Vitter
London
Hall
Pas de Calais
Germany
Hallaald
League of Nations
Sea Gulls Win Five Dollar Bet for Pfc Yule in Iowa
Pfc Merle Yule of Estherville, stationed in Italy, bet a fellow soldier that sea gulls reach Iowa. He wrote to Floyd Horton who asked a game warden to confirm the fact. The warden’s memorandum, signed, affirmed gulls in Iowa, and Yule collected five dollars before returning home on furlough from France, recalling the conservation officer who helped him win the bet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Merle Yule
Estherville
Italy
Towa
Yule
Iowa
Floyd Horton
Wagen
Horton
Wogen
France
Boen
Auburn
Calif
Trench Foot
Eatherville
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C. of C
Win
Claude Warrington
Pvt
Muley
Bernard Jones
Karleton Voigt
Georgia Deming
Chauncey Oleson
Phyllis Hammer
Darold Knutson
Jerry Sullivan
Phyllia Hammer
Barber
U.S
Boy Scouts
Set
James Kennedy
Atty
FP. J. Kennedy
War Department
Kennedy
Adolph N. Pederson
Europe
Pederson
Glenn L. Story
Sergeant Story
Tongland
T-5
John Clements
Ernest Roben
Ordnance
Infantry
Melvin BR. Scott
Cylinder
95Th Bombardment Group
Eighth Air Force
Berkley Strong
Camp Hood
Texas
Mondef
Strong
California
Pia
Floyd H. Kirk
Mia. R. P. Kirk
Superior
Florida
Salt Lake City
Utah
James R. Kirk
Homer Kirk
Roy Crawford
Glen Kauffman
Blanch Man- Iand
Omahz
Marine Corps Auxiliary
Batherville
Omer K. Nau
Mra. K.K. Nau
Witherville
Naw
Field Artillery
Wilma Trwin
Harrisburg
Las Verna
Nev
Janes L. Brown
M, EB. Brown
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great’ Lates
Naval Service
Parnell Twite
Camp Gorven
Augusta
CIA
Maryland
Tre
Diane
Mra
Winiet Twita
Tor
Earl Swan
Alco Army Air Meld
Victoria
Francis Salmonson
Aloe Airfield
Harvey Solmonson
Nort Sixth Street
Wayne Solmonson
Hot Springs
Ark
Ernest Salmonson
Laredo
Carlson Herbrandaon
Margaret Kennedy
American Red Cross
Pfe
Franz T. Fisher
Anton Fisher
Mr. Fisher
D-day
Siegfried Line
XIX Corps
Normandy
Xiii Corps
Willam
O'Neil
Laula Barbas
Sergeant O'Neill
India
Fredrick McCabe
Bangaro
Bihar
O'Neill
Taj Mahal
Himalayan
Steve O'Neill
Seventh Army
John Cramer
Roebel
Parents
DEK
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